{"product_id":"9780571254699","title":"The Power of Yes: A Dramatist Seeks to Understand the Financial Crisis","description":"\u003cp\u003eOn 15 September 2008, capitalism came to a grinding halt. As sub-prime mortgages and toxic securities continued to dominate the headlines well into 2009, this spring the National Theatre asked David Hare to write an urgent and immediate work to be staged this autumn that sought to find out what had happened, and why.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCapitalism works when greed and fear are in the correct balance. This time they got out of balance. Too much greed, not enough fear. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eMeeting with many of the key players from the financial world, David Hare, author of \u003cb\u003eThe Permanent Way\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eStuff Happens\u003c\/b\u003e, has created \u003cb\u003eThe Power of Yes\u003c\/b\u003e: a compelling narrative, as enlightening as it is entertaining.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIt's like a ship which you're being told is in apple-pie order, the decks are cleaned, the metal is burnished, the only thing nobody mentions, it's being driven at full speed towards an iceberg.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNot so much a play as a jaw-dropping account of how, as the banks went bust, capitalism was replaced by a socialism that bailed out the rich alone.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Power of Yes\u003c\/b\u003e opened at the National Theatre, London, in September 2009.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Faber and Faber","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47114354950384,"sku":"9780571254699","price":14.57,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780571254699_p0.jpg?v=1763718857","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780571254699","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}